NIS America Anime Company
A bit of info about NIS America.
Company Overview
NIS America is a branch of Nippon Ichi Software. Their main business is video game localization--some of their most recognizable titles are Disgaea and several Sakura Wars video games. In 2010 they branched out into anime, releasing a rapidly-increasing number of fairly high-quality series in subtitled-only form.
Their Catalog
Their first non-video-game releases consists of two higher-quality, recent-vintage TV Series: Persona: Trinity Soul (based on the video game series that, somewhat ironically, NIS didn't have anything to do with), and Toradora. They have continued since then with several other interesting, if not terribly well-known, TV series.
What Their Releases Are Like
NIS's anime DVDs are, thus far, extremely good. In an acknowledgement of how easy it is to find fansubs, they've gone all-out on making the physical version worth buying. Their DVDs are of solid quality and, thus far, have all followed the same format: Each season comes on two discs packaged in a large, attractive artbox along with a top-notch artbook. No dubs at all so far; their subtitles are quite accurate. More memorable is the fact that their DVDs feature a minimum number of pre-feature copyright and advertising logos, and what's there can be skipped--if only other companies understood how appealing this is for the people paying to watch the DVDs. So far their titles have only been available through specialty retailers, though--Amazon, for example, doesn't carry them. The pricing is a little high, but not at all unreasonable for what you get. It does seem a bit of an oversight in their strategy not to offer a budget DVD-only version for people who want a legit copy but not the fancy extras, but such may follow in the future once they have catalog titles that have been out for a while.
They have filled in the streaming gap, currently partnering with ANN to offer a few episodes of some titles streamed free, with a paid, ad-free version of the full series available at a reasonable price. They haven't so far mentioned any Blu-ray plans, nor do they offer high-def versions of their streamed titles.